IT Systems Engineer – Mainframe with SAS/ITRM

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Why Progressive? We’re a company that doesn’t stop until a job is finished, with a goal to consistently test our limits and exceed expectations. As a member of our IT group, you’ll have the opportunity to work on market-changing projects in a dynamic, collaborative environment where innovative thinking is encouraged. Also enjoy competitive compensation, a first-class benefits package and generous relocation assistance.

This position is open to candidates in Colorado Springs, CO and Cleveland, OH

The Infrastructure Resource Services (IRS) organization within our infrastructure department (Enterprise Technology Services) is seeking a Mainframe Engineer with SAS ITRM experience. The position will work on project-based assignments with the Project Management Office and other areas within IT. In this role you will define project tasks, estimate and coordinate work efforts between groups, resolve or escalate issues, provide status updates on assigned deliverables, and test and implement solutions. Projects will be of a moderate to high complexity level where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.

In addition to the technical aspects of the job, the successful candidate will have excellent attention to detail and dependable production engineering skills, along with a solid understanding of operational and escalation support processes. Effective interpersonal and communication skills coupled with a strong technical aptitude and proven analytical skills are a key to success in this role. Occasional evening/night, weekend, and/or holiday hours may be required for project implementation assignments.

4 years working with operating system hardware and/or software components in a large IT environment with many categories of devices, infrastructures and operating systems

In lieu of a degree, 6 years related experience working with operating system hardware and/or software components in a large IT environment with many categories of devices, infrastructures and operating systems

In-depth knowledge of:

IT operations, such as operating systems components, utilities, production schedulers and system environment hardware components (e.g., CPU, disk and tape technologies

Candidates must understand mainframe workload sizing, tuning and balancing, and aid in migration/implementation of SAS/ITRM 2.7 to 3.4

SAS

JCL

TSO/ISPF

z/OS and JES2 Commands

IBM Utilities: SAS, SAS/ITRM, RMF, MXG and knowledge of SMF

Dynamic Sizing – i.e. “Capacity and Performance Management”

SLA Management

WLM (Work Load Management)

SYSVIEW

CMOD

Auto Soft Capping

IOF

SMFUtil

In addition to the technical aspects of the job, the successful candidate will be expected to display an excellent attention to detail, dependable production engineering skills, and a desire to promote the ETS – IRS organization to project counterparts

In this role, as an Infrastructure Technical Specialist within IRS, a solid understanding of operational support processes and escalation processes are desired

Progressive Offers:

• Gainshare bonus program of up to 30% of base salary. Gainshare is a bonus program given to all employees based on company profitability

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• You’ll be asked for information around your employment history and educational background

• After applying, you are able to monitor your status in the recruiting process on your profile• A recruiter will contact you by email or phone if you are under consideration for a current position• This position requires candidates to meet company requirements on our online assessment test

• Candidates must pass a comprehensive background check

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sponsorship is not available for this position.Progressive generally does not sponsor foreign national candidates for work authorization except for positions that in Progressive’s determination require highly specialized knowledge and for which candidate sponsorship is appropriate.